Electric garment-presser.



Y J. BLOGH. ELEGTRIG GARMENT PRESSEE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 17,1910.

997,953, Patented July 18,1911.

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'UNITED STATES 7 PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB nicest, on CINCINNATI, OHIO. I

EIIECTRIC GARMENT-PRESSER.

Be it known that I, JAoo'B BLojoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of-Ohio, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Electric Garment: Pressers, of which the following is a specifiy invention is-a simple and efficient ressini or ironing device adapted to be eated y connection with the socket of an incandescent electric lamp fixture, and is designed more especially for. creasing trou-. $615, Sll100thlllg out the bottoms of trousers, 1 chiefs and other articles. I It has tractive article of for press ng neckties, ribbons, handkerobject to provide'an aten my the character mentioned "which would be very serviceable in'college as in households,

rooms, and other private apartments, as well ing trousers or pressing various minor arti;

ascribed with reference to the cles of wearing apparel without the need of a sad iron and ironing board. The invention "gwillbe hereinafter dedrawings,which form a part of this specification,.and will be particularly pointed out :in the ap ended claims.

In sa1 drawings: Figure l is a'longitudinal vertical sectional view, of a prejvation; Fig. 2 is ferred form of apparatus embodying my invention, parts thereof being shown in eleanend elevation of the same;,Fig, 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1-, showing the base plate in plan; Fig. dis

1: a side elevation ofan apparatus embodying 1 my invention in anotherL-form,

' The device comprises coacting presser surfaces or'lroners arranged l1ke v1se aws to grip'therebetween the article or material beting, pressed, which is pulled; one or more I he.

times through and between the said presser surfaces or ironers, one or both of w ich is formed on orprovlded with a heat conduct: ingtubular container for anelect ric heater, referabl an incandescent'electriclamp ulb. Tile presser surfaces orironers' are forced together by suitable pressure apply ing means, preferably a stifl spring,.and are adapted to yield to admit the material which is to be pressed "thicknesses of material. v

.. Referring "to the device. illustratedfin or .to accommodate varying Specification of Letters Patent.

S aid presser space between the and would afford a ready, means for quickly and conveniently creas accompanying tached end of the Patented July 18,1911.

Application filed October L7, 1910. Serial No. 587,536..

Figs. 1, '2 and .3 of the drawings, 1 indicates a heavy base preferably of cast iron havlng an upright or standard 2, which constitutes a support or holder for two parallel metal tubes or cylinders 3 and 4:, which proect laterally from the standard above the base and are respectively provided with coactingpresser plates or ironers -5 and 6.

or slightly curved on their opposite faces, as shown, with curled or turned outwardly to widen the presser surfaces at the sides ners to the garment which is passed between the presser surfaces. The tubes or cylinders 3 and 4 maybe made integrally with their respective presser plates or ironers, or the latter may be secured on the tubes by rivets or other appropriate means, rivet fasteners being preferred. The upper tube 3 with its pres'ser plate or ironer 5 is fixed or stationary. The lower tube 4 carrying the coacting presser plate or ironer 6 is nonrotative, but movable up and down, and is forcibly pressed upward against the upper member by a stout spring, preferably a heavy leaf or plate spring 7 attached to the base plate and having its free end bearing under the tube or cylinder 4. A lever 8 pivoted on the base plate and operating under the leaf spring is adapted to. increase the tension or power ofthe' spring, as desired, .by moving the lever toward the atspring. The standard 2 is in the form of a flat plate having on its inner face vertically arranged guides 9 for a vertically movable plate 10 to which the tube or cylinder 4 is attached. Said guides 9-are or, may bef in the .formwof undercut orrabbeted strips overlapping the vertical edges of the plate 10, the guide strips being secured by screws or other suitable fasteners plates or ironers may be flat and to present smooth rounded corto the standards Preferably, the other tube or cylinder 3is likewiseattached to a simi- ,lar plate 11 which, however, is fastened to the standards.

The described construction gives the requisite rigidity to both members of the presser, while allowingfree up and down movement of the spring-impelled lower member.- The tubesor cylin as 3 p and .4 are open attheir'attached ends, and theyg'naybe. integral with-theplates 10 and 11 or attached thereto by bracket fasteners v 12, as shown, or the ends of the tubes may be flanged and rigidly aflixed on-the plates, or secured into openings in the plates. The free ends of the tubes are preferably closed by metal caps 13 aflixed therein. The tubes 5 and presser surfaces thereon are heated preferably by incandescent electrlc lamps 1nserted in the tubes, for which purpose I provide lamp bulbs lt .of cylindrlcal form adapted to fit loosely within the tubes, said inserted through the open ends 10 bulbs being from behind the plate-llke of the tubes standard 2, the latter being partially cut away or provided with a slot-like opening for this purpose.

The commercial form of the outfit 1ncludes two of the cylindrical incandescent electric lamp bulbs, as'shown, the WIIGS OT which are connected to thesame plug (not shown) for connection with the socket of a light fixture. This arrangement is permitted by dividing each of the current wlres cbnstituting the usual twisted cord and-connecting one branch of each wire with one lamp socket 15, and the other branch of each wire with the other lam socket, as indicated in Fig. 1. I do not desire to restrict myself, however, to the employment of two incandescent lamps, since, for some purposes, excellent results may be obtained by the use of a single lamp. for applying heat to only one of thepresser plates or ironers, using the other presser plate as a coacting pressure applying means.

In using the apparatus, electric lamps being inserted) v and the current being turned on, the tubes become very quickly heated and transmit the heat to thg presser lates, both the presser plates and tubes. eing preferably made of nickel-plated steel or brass or other good heat conducting material. Usuallyin less than a minute after the current is turned on,.the tubes will become too hot to bear the hand, and thereafter main continuously heated until the current is turned off. It is desirable that the metal sockets 15 of the incandescent electric lamps should not contact with the tube or standard 2, lest the latter should become so hot as to melt or injure said sockets. This may be regulated by the length of the lamp bulbs, which, b' abutting a ainst the caps 13, will hold the sockets from contact with the standard 2.-.The caps 1,8 should 55 be centrally recessed or' socketed to receive the pointed extremities of the glass bulbs, to avoid fracture. I l

For pressing or creasing any article, such 'forexample, as a trousers legor sleeve 0 60 a coat or jacket, the jaw-like members of the presser are separated by -bearing down upon theihandle 16 attached to the plate carrying the lower tube and presserplate, the downward movement of said late 10 65 being limited by suitable stops 17. The garthe incandescent in the tubes the apparatus will re-' ment is then inserted between the presser surfaces and the handle 16 is released,

whereby the spring causes the bearing surface to grip the article between them. The article is then pulled transversely through or between the presser surfaces which, by

the combined agencies of heat, pressure and friction, will iron outand smooth the same very effectually. ';The space between the presser surfaces being unobstructed at the free ends of the tubes enables the work to be H done conveniently by inserting only a portion of the garment, such as the creased portio n of a trousers'le g, between the presser surfaces, while holding the bulk of the garment outside. Thus, for .creasing trousers, the front or back portion of the trousers leg folded on the c rease'desired, is inserted between the presser' surfaces and pulled throughthe apparatus more or'les's slowly and one or more times, as required, depend ing upon the condition and thickness of the goods; then the other crease of the same trousers leg is inserted and pulled through in the same manner and the bottoms of the trousers are similarly treated and thereby smoothed out. Coat sleeves, the folds of ladies dresses and other articles, may be creased in the same manner, and the apparatus would" be serviceable for ressing many articles, such as neckties, ladies ribbon s, handkerchiefs and the like.

lnstead of having one of the members of the presser fixed and the other movable, both .may, be movable and spring-held forcibly together by a spring connecting the two members. In this connection, it will be noted that the plate 11 to which the upper tube is attached, may be arranged to slide in the guides 9, the same as the plate 11.

The apparatus shown in Fig. 4 is similar to the one already described, except in the following particulars. The tubes and resser plates are arranged vertically, rising rom the base plate a which is constructed like and has the same accessories as the standard 2 in Fig. 1. Said base plate a is supported upon legs 6 rising from the heavy base a, gi ing room for the sockets 15 of the incandescent electric lamps, which are inserted into the o n ends of the tubes from the under side 0 the base plate a. To permit inserting the lamp bulbs, the base plate a is hinged at d and is fastened by a catch at e. The base plate a is provided with an upstanding arm carrying the spring 7 and tension adjustin lever 8. c

Having descr bed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: p

1. A garment presser com rising at tubular pressing member adapted to contain an incandescent electric lamp and having an external resser surface, a coacting pressing i .member avingan opposed presser surface,

for an incandescent electric lamp, said sure-applying means for forcing said presser tube, a parallel movable tube spring-imcandescent electric lamps in said tubes.

secured in said guides, a spring forcing said movable tube against the fixed tube, said tubes being provided with coacting presser surfaces, and incandescent electric lamps in 30 said tubes.

6. A garment presser comprising parallel tubes provided With coacting presser surfaces, means supporting the said tubes at one end, the other ends of the tubes being 35 free, and means yieldingly forcing said tubes together, the attached ends of the tubes being open, and incandescent electric lamps inserted through said open ends of the tubes.

7. A garment presser comprising tubular 40 members adapted to receive electric light bulbs, and presser-plates carried by said members having opposed presser-surfaces with reversely curved margins, and means for yieldingly forcing said members to- 45 gether.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

- JACOB BLOOH. Witnesses JOHN R. LEWIS, FELIX ELSBAOH.

said presser surfaces being non-rotative, and means for yieldingly forcing said members together.

2. A garment presser comprising a holder holder having a presser-surface adapted to be heated by said lamp, a coacting member having an opposed presser surface, and pressurfaces together. x

3. A garment presser comprising parallel tubular holders for incandescent electric lamps, said tubular holders being provided externally with opposed or coacting pressure surfaces adapted to be heated by said lamps, and pressure-applying means for forcing said tubular holders together.

4. A garment presser comprising a fixed pelled toward the fixed tube, said tubes pro vided with coacting presser surfaces an'din- 5. A garment presser comprising a frame member having a fixed tube projecting therefrom and having guides, a parallel movable tube havinga head plate movably 

